Review of Poltergeist III (1988) by Eric Vaughn — 27 Feb 2009

Booooring and stupid, although it gets 2 stars just for the fact of keeping the midget. Midgets are awesome! XD.

This review of Poltergeist III (1988) was written by Eric Vaughn on 27 Feb 2009.

Poltergeist III has generally received mixed reviews.

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